Today in History, 12/15

37: Nero is born.
1791: The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when it is ratified by Virginia.
1921: Alan Freed, disc jockey and center of the payola scandal is born.
1832: Gustav Eiffel is born.
1917: The new Bolshevik government of Russia signs an armistice with the Central Powers.
1919: Max Yasgur, owner of the original Woodstock site is born.
1923: Freeman Dyson is born. He invented the concept of the Dyson Sphere, which Star Trek got so much mileage from.
1933: Tim Conway is born.
1939: Gone With the Wind premieres in Atlanta, GA
1941: Over 15,000 Jews were shot and buried in mass graves in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
1942: Dave Clark, of The Dave Clark Five is born. He wasn't a very good drummer (studio musicians played for him on most of their albums) but he was a very good businessman.
1944: Glen Miller is declared dead. His plane disappeared over the English Channel and was never found.
1945: General Douglas MacArthur abolishes Shinto as the state religion of Japan.
1949: Don Johson is born.
1953: J.M. DeMatteis, comic book writer is born. He's had his hand in just about every comic book character you can think of, but many people only remember the infamous Clone Saga of Spiderman.
1960: Richard Paul Pavlick is arrested for trying to blow up President John F. Kennedy.
1961: Adolph Eichmann is sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.
1963: Helen Slater is born.1966: Walt Disney dies.
1967: Mo Vaughn, Red Sox slugger is born.
1968: Garret Wang is born. He played Ensign Harry Kim, an underappreciated character on the underappreciated Star Trek: Voyager.
1994: Netscape Navigator 1.0 is released.